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> <channel><title>Alt Film Guide &#187; D.W. Griffith</title> <atom:link href="http://www.altfg.com/blog/tag/d-w-griffith/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog</link> <description>The Oscars, film awards, new releases, Los Angeles screenings, movie classics, gay movies, film festivals, box office, foreign and independent films</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:29:41 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>The Films of 1910 at the Academy: Bebe Daniels as Dorothy in THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-films-of-1910-bebe-daniels-the-wonderful-wizard-of-oz/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-films-of-1910-bebe-daniels-the-wonderful-wizard-of-oz/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 03:39:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25529</guid> <description><![CDATA[Future Academy Award-nominated MGM director Robert Z. Leonard (The Great Ziegfeld, Pride and Prejudice) as the Scarecrow, future star Bebe Daniels (The Maltese Falcon, 42n Street) as Dorothy in Otis Turner's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910) The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present a program of shorts in “A Century Ago: The Films of 1910” on Monday, November 8, at 7:30 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-films-of-1910-bebe-daniels-the-wonderful-wizard-of-oz/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>MOGULS &amp; MOVIE STARS: A HISTORY OF HOLLYWOOD on TCM</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/moguls-movie-stars-a-history-of-hollywood-tcm/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/moguls-movie-stars-a-history-of-hollywood-tcm/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 00:26:18 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25443</guid> <description><![CDATA[Thomas Edison Turner Classic Movies' seven-part documentary Moguls &#38; Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood is described as &#34;the comprehensive story of the men and women who built the American film industry.&#34; The mammoth documentary, which kicked off at 5 p.m. PT today (the first episode, &#34;Peepshow Pioneers,&#34; will be shown again on TCM at 8 p.m.) features rarely seen photographs and film footage, clips [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/moguls-movie-stars-a-history-of-hollywood-tcm/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>D.W. Griffith, Florence Lawrence, Lionel Barrymore, Wallace Reid: &quot;Retroformat &#8211; Idols of the Silent Era&quot;</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/d-w-griffith-florence-lawrence-lionel-barrymore-wallace-reid-retroformat-idols-of-the-silent-era/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/d-w-griffith-florence-lawrence-lionel-barrymore-wallace-reid-retroformat-idols-of-the-silent-era/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 22:35:04 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=24526</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#34;Retroformat &#8211; Idols of the Silent Era&#34; will screen several rare early silents projected in 8mm at 7:30 p.m. on Sat., June 26, at the American Cinematheque's Spielberg Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard. &#34;Retroformat&#34; is not to be missed. Two D.W. Griffith shorts will be featured in the program: Confidence (1909, 11 min), starring Florence Lawrence (photo) &#8212; officially the very first movie celebrity to have [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/d-w-griffith-florence-lawrence-lionel-barrymore-wallace-reid-retroformat-idols-of-the-silent-era/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>D.W. Griffith in California</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/d-w-griffith-in-california/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/d-w-griffith-in-california/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:00:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=18410</guid> <description><![CDATA[Los Angeles Filmforum will present &#34;D.W. Griffith in California,&#34; on Sunday, Nov. 15, at 7:30 pm. at the Echo Park Film Center. At the screening, film scholar Tom Gunning will discuss D.W. Griffith and his early Californian films. Six of those Griffith productions will be screened: Man's Genesis (1912, 17 min); The New Dress (1911, 17 min.); The Massacre (1914, 20 min); The Unchanging Sea [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/d-w-griffith-in-california/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>D. W. Griffith, Emile Cohl &#8211; A Century Ago: The Films of 1908</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/d-w-griffith-emile-cohl-the-films-of-1908/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/d-w-griffith-emile-cohl-the-films-of-1908/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:32:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=10108</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#8220;A Century Ago: The Films of 1908,&#8221; showcasing filmmaking highlights of 1908, will be the next presentation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' series &#8220;Monday Nights with Oscar.&#8221; The screenings will be held on Monday, April 20, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy Theater in New York City. Hosted by the Academy's Director of Educational Programs and Special Projects Randy Haberkamp, the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/d-w-griffith-emile-cohl-the-films-of-1908/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>SOLD FOR MARRIAGE &#8211; Lillian Gish</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/sold-for-marriage-lillian-gish-christy-cabanne/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/sold-for-marriage-lillian-gish-christy-cabanne/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:56:33 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=9273</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sold for Marriage (1916) Direction: Christy Cabanne Screenplay: William E. Wing Cast: Lillian Gish, Frank Bennett, Walter Long, Allan Sears, Pearl Elmore, Curt Rehfeld &#160; Though all but completely forgotten today, Christy Cabanne (at times billed as William Christy Cabanne) was a respected name in the 1910s and 1920s. Among his credits are the1916 Douglas Fairbanks vehicle The Mystery of the Leaping Fish, considered by [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/sold-for-marriage-lillian-gish-christy-cabanne/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>BARDELYS THE MAGNIFICENT at the Kansas Silent Film Festival 2009</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/silent-films/kansas-silent-film-festival-bardelys-the-magnificent/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/silent-films/kansas-silent-film-festival-bardelys-the-magnificent/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:47:16 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=15182</guid> <description><![CDATA[Eleanor Boardman, John Gilbert in Bardelys the Magnificent Kansas Silent Film Festival 2009: Feb. 27 Rudolph Valentino at the Kansas Silent Film Festival 2009 5:15 to 6:45pm The first ever KANSAS SILENT FILM FESTIVALCINEMA-DINNER Bradbury Thompson Alumni Center (17th &#38; Jewell) – Washburn University campus This special Dinner Event will begin with a reception followed by a buffet. Guests will be seated and have dinner [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/silent-films/kansas-silent-film-festival-bardelys-the-magnificent/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Griffith Masterworks 2: SALLY OF THE SAWDUST</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/griffith-masterworks-sally-of-the-sawdust/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/griffith-masterworks-sally-of-the-sawdust/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2008 22:19:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Erdman</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=16122</guid> <description><![CDATA[W. C. Fields, Carol Dempster in Sally of the Sawdust Griffith Masterworks 2: ABRAHAM LINCOLN, THE STRUGGLE The final disc of the set contains Sally of the Sawdust (1925), a rare comedy feature starring Griffith protegee Carol Dempster and W. C. Fields. The Sally of the title (played by Dempster) performs in the circus with her &#34;pop,&#34; Professor McGargle (Fields). Little does she know that [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/griffith-masterworks-sally-of-the-sawdust/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Griffith Masterworks 2: ABRAHAM LINCOLN, THE STRUGGLE</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/dvds/griffith-abraham-lincoln-the-struggle/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/dvds/griffith-abraham-lincoln-the-struggle/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2008 22:18:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Erdman</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=16117</guid> <description><![CDATA[Walter Huston in Abraham Lincoln Griffith Masterworks 2: WAY DOWN EAST, THE AVENGING CONSCIENCE The most anticipated (by me anyway) part of this set is the twofer disc of Abraham Lincoln and The Struggle. Long overshadowed by Griffith's earlier work, these have the distinction of being his final two films (from 1930 and 1931, respectively), and his only attempts at talkies. By this point, Griffith's [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/dvds/griffith-abraham-lincoln-the-struggle/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Griffith Masterworks 2: WAY DOWN EAST, THE AVENGING CONSCIENCE</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/griffith-masterworks-2/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/griffith-masterworks-2/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2008 23:17:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Erdman</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=5998</guid> <description><![CDATA[It may not have been terribly original of Kino to include in their 2005 Griffith Masterworks boxed set the only four D.W. Griffith features that most people could name (let alone claim to have seen), but it would have been downright perverse to pass over The Birth of a Nation, Intolerance, Broken Blossoms, and Orphans of the Storm (the fifth and sixth discs were made [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/griffith-masterworks-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Ivor Novello Remembered</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/ivor-novello-remembered/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/ivor-novello-remembered/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2005 20:31:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=200</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#34;No Cardiff-born screen actor has ever been remotely as popular at the British box office as Ivor Novello,&#34; says author Dave Berry (Wales and Cinema: The First 100 Years) in the article &#34;Novello Could Have Been a Hollywood Star.&#34; A leading star on the London stage, Ivor Novello was brought to Hollywood by D.W. Griffith for the leading romantic role in the 1923 drama The [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/ivor-novello-remembered/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1923: Charles Chaplin&#039;s A WOMAN OF PARIS, Rex Ingram&#039;s SCARAMOUCHE</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/silent-films/best-films-of-1923/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/silent-films/best-films-of-1923/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2004 10:23:14 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=4311</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#160; Edna Purviance (left) suffers in style in Charles Chaplin's A Woman of Paris BEST FILM Cameo Kirby d: John Ford; scr: Robert N. Lee Scaramouche d: Rex Ingram; scr: Willis Goldbeck The White Rose d, scr: D.W. Griffith A Woman of Paris d, scr: Charles Chaplin &#160; CHECK THESE OUT Souls for Sale d, scr: Rupert Hughes &#160; Alla Nazimova in Salome BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/silent-films/best-films-of-1923/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films – 1919: D. W. Griffith’s BROKEN BLOSSOMS, Sidney Franklin’s THE HOODLUM</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/silent-films/best-films-of-1919/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/silent-films/best-films-of-1919/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2004 12:09:05 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=5567</guid> <description><![CDATA[Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Lil Dagover in Robert Wiene's The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari BEST FILM Broken Blossoms d, scr: D. W. Griffith Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari / The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari d: Robert Wiene; scr: Carl Mayer, Hans Janowitz The Hoodlum d: Sidney Franklin; scr: Frances Marion &#160; CHECK THESE OUT The False Faces d, scr: Irvin Willat The Sentimental Bloke d: [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/silent-films/best-films-of-1919/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films – 1914: CABIRIA, Mary Pickford</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/silent-films/best-films-of-1914/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/silent-films/best-films-of-1914/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2004 08:04:06 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=4285</guid> <description><![CDATA[Giovanni Pastrone's epic Cabiria is considered a landmark in motion picture history, having inspired the grandeur of D.W. Griffith's Intolerance (1916). &#160; CHECK THESE OUT Cabiria d: Giovanni Pastrone; scr: Giovanni Pastrone, Gabriele D'Annunzio The Wrath of the Gods d: Reginald Barker; scr: William H. Clifford, Thomas H. Ince, C. Gardner Sullivan &#160; Harold Lockwood, Mary Pickford in Tess of the Storm Country BEST ACTRESS [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/silent-films/best-films-of-1914/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
